The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-03-22

ages in general. Some regiments
have even two proprietary colonies
( the first foreigner, the second some
Austrian military celebrity, Other
. regiments have preserved the names
az proprietary colonies who distin
SuiShed themselves in former cam.
pSigns, The crack Niennese regi,
ment THE Fourth InfantIy-hss been
called since its creation in 1896 the
Hoch-und DeutschmeiSter (Grand
Master Of the German hnightS), and
is held IS high in popular estimation
IN the hsiserStadt as the Prevbrajen
ski is in ST, Petersburg, the Grens
der Guards Regiment in London snd
the : Gallant Seventh " Of New York.
Some changes have been introduced
in the Austrian infantry uniform
since the war Of 1866. 1t was found
that the snow-white tunic, in conjunc
ton with the light blue trousers,
Offered toe clear target 10 the
enemy's rnarkSmen, and the white was
replaced with dark blue. The Jaeger.
or shSrpShooter, now wearS a gray
tunie, snd S broad brimmed hat from
which fall an avalanche Of ROSTERS
feathers. The TyroleSn earsbineers
sire SlSo very picturesque, with their
broWn-blue tunics snd their pheasant
fe2thered cocard. 4 popularity Of
the Hungarian Honved infantry Is
the close nj OF their trousers, having
the appearance Of theatre tights. :
And Austrian cavalry Is the most bril-
liant srm q the Austrian srmy, snd
the one Of which the nation Is most
Justly proud. There are fourteen
regiments Of dragons recruited
mainly IN Bohemis and the German
provinces OF the empire, eleven regi-
ments Of UhlanS recruited IN GaliLis
and Croatia and sixteen regiments Of
HuSSars from Hungary and Tr6nsyl-
vanis,
The Austrian esvalryman Is the
most dan5itei soldier IN Europe.
Even the English Lie Guar3sman
cannot spproach him II that respect.
Watch The cavalry officer on his
promenade through the streets Of
Elenca On tine mornings, an eyeglass
IN his eye and a dainty cane IN his
night hsnd, and one would swear that
he : more sportsman than soldier.
And this conclusion would be 2 Just
one He : ever ready 70 mortgage
his very soul 70 raise the stakes for g
bet The uniforms Of the Austrian
cavalry present & variety Of colors 70
be found N no other army. red. blue.
brown and yellow being the prevail
ing ones The Royal Hungarian
Gusrd. Respondent N scarlet. silver
and leopard skins. are unsurpassed
for besuty and martial appearance
The artillery. which IN war time num-
bars over TWO hundred batteries, Is
uniformed II maroon brown The in
tanJry and e&yalry have for years
been armei with the Wemdl rife. but
the Government. alive 70 the necessi-
ties Of the situation. has now issued
large orders for the manufacture Of
magazine guns, and by next May
the whole army VIII De provided with
them
Though small II the number OF its
vessels, the Austrian navy would play
10 inactive part N 3 war with Russia
Should Turkey also enter the arena
aSGinSf the latter country We might
heSr OF Il Togethof. LISA and Ferdi-
nand Max the three leading Austrian
uer-Of war. 6enOlishing Russian
to-ts On the Black Sea coast The full
force Of the Austrian navy Is eight
nonelsd uen-of-wsr. sggregating
1880 tons three irOnelsds mgates
Of 1880 tons. and 6 number OF small
a. crafts, including monitors and
to-pedo-bosts- Il the head Of the
feet. setting II the double capacity Of
Marine Minister and Yiee-Admiral.
stands Baron Max vOn Stezneck who,
IS Commando Of the Ferdinand Max.
and sunk the italian flagship
Re d'Itslis al the celebrated sea fight
OF Lisa II 1850. thereby deciding the
victory IN favor Of Austria
In spite Of her EaLI-6lseiplined army
and abundance Of var material the
outlook On the whole seems tsr tr0m
encouraging 70 the Austrian Empire
Tie same causes that led 10 her
defeats n past times c0n-
-i1ue u exist 81 the present day and
nay bring about further ulstt1--E1e.
Though the Hungarian hzs t1rg el
the CEuaIcias Of Hsynzn II 1878. WINE
= a1berlng villages and Rus
-a- --z-r,- and : now maxine
COMMON cause With his German
1-ClLz- n the maintenance u Ans
--ls : integrity. there aEs many sTUp-
TONS u discomfort sU11g the SlaTs
y the EEu-rs- Who knows but the
Russian InEze1cs- Russian intrigue,
s1-s ueJpLe cal H. nay have worked
-rrepzra1-e mischief II B0LsUlz-
C-1zeis- DzIuz-ls and the other Sla-
IuEie Sect50-sz Il 81 events that
condition Of see1rIry against
l-- ard foes IutsEusI unity. : sadly
-zck-zz II tie land u the Hapsb-gs-
zr6 the Czsr Nich0-sss celebrated
reference % Turkey q the sick
nz1 might q tr1tEflIly Be applied